• From the Cornell News Service GENEVA — Alka-Seltzer has been soothing human indigestion and heartburn for years. Now, it’s helping out the wine industry. Elemental sulfur is wine’s “frenemy.” It effectively keeps the ubiquitous powdery mildew disease in vineyards at bay, but excessive residues carried over into wine can result in a rotten egg […]
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SCHENECTADY — Anthony “Toby” Strianese (right) will be honored at the 4th annual Chefs for Success event, “A World of Difference.” Strianese, head of the Department of Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism at Schenectady County Community College from 1991 to 2009, has taught at the school since 1974. He is well known for his efforts […]
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ALBANY — Drinking among underage college students has been pinpointed by numerous academic and public agencies as a major problem. As a result, Arlene González-Sánchez, commissioner of the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS), today said federal grants totaling $100,000 will go to five statewide prevention providers to address the […]
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WATERTOWN – Jefferson Community College has joined the growing list of colleges offering wine-centric classes. The new course is “Introduction to Winery Operations,” part of its plan to add a winery program by next fall as a concentration within the hospitality and tourism degree. Students interested in getting a leg up are being allowed to […]
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Beer and colleges go hand in hand. At Louisiana State University, that situation might become even more hands-on if a proposal to build a micro-brewery ON CAMPUS goes through. LSU Chancellor Michael Martin, whose school regularly is named one of the nation’s top party schools in campus polls, has unveiled a proposal to build a […]
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